Difficult Airway Society guidelines for management of the unanticipated difficult intubation

Anaesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 675-694

  Henderson, John J ^a   Popat, M T ^b   Latto, I P ^c   Pearce, A C ^d  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cricothyroidotomy; Intubation, intratracheal; Laryngeal mask airway; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG VENTILATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OXYGENATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANOXEMIA; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 3242884152     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03831.x     Document Type: Article

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